I was SO excited to hear about the Silent Hill HD Collection... at first. I was gleefully imagining the remake of Silent Hill 1 I had always hoped for (instead of that shit-heap of a game they jokingly titled "Silent Hill": Shattered Memories). But no, they nixed that. SH2 & 3 were gonna be in there, though, so it was a consolation prize, I guess. :/ The new screenshots looked nice, and nothing seemed too different.

Then I heard the new voice acting.

Eddie sounds less disturbed and more sick. PHYSICALLY sick. Like a headcold. James sounds like Garra from Naruto. Mary actually sounded good, but as Maria, she was a little... off.

Then, a couple of days ago, I heard rumor of another game, called "Book of Memories." I was intreigued.

Then I actually watched the trailer. I nearly punched my fist through the monitor when they said "Top-down perspective." Then "Customize your own character," "Write in the book to change the past," and, finally, when he said "Multiplayer exclusive", I nearly had an aneurysm.

How do you feel about the newest additions to Silent Hill? Rage? Frustration? Disappointment? Or perhaps a positive emotion?

I don't count Downpour cause it looks good, sounds good, has a promising premise, and my hopes can't get much lower. :C

Disappointed, sure. Saying that you feel ASHAMED over it is....taking things so seriously that I kind of want to back the hell away from you.

Overall, though, I think people need to CHILL THE FUCK OUT. Silent Hill has done magnitudes better than it had reasonable hopes to, especially in comparison to similar series that have gotten practically shafted and ignored (Forbidden Siren, Eternal Darkness, etc), and the fact that we are getting things that don't fit our perfect narrow boxes is just whiny bullshit. It's not like the old games are going to fucking disappear.

If you don't like something, that's your loss. You can call a game shit all you want, sure. I've done so. But I don't think anyone has the right to call down hellfire and shitstorms and end times revelations.

But, really, I don't care. I'm not getting a Vita, but I'm glad they're doing a different gameplay type. I don't know that this is really the best fit for SH, but at least it's not just another retread of what has already been done.

I think it's just a case of people flipping out at initial impressions, but I'm certain a large portion will still hold on to these feelings as time progresses (justified or not).Just because they make it doesn't mean you have to buy it.

^ That. I hate those close minded people who worship team silent like gods, yet have NOTHING but negative things to say about every game after 4. The thought that only the Japanese can make a good horror game is completely absurd. It makes me think some of them never gave those games a chance. I mean, I had rather mixed feelings about Origins during my first playthrough, but instead of giving up on it after only half an hour, I finished it and ended up liking it.

I also don't like the people who bitch about how the combat in homecoming/mirror mechanic in origins/no combat in shattered memories, etc "Ruined Silent Hill forever." What these narrow minded individuals don't seem to understand is that the series needs to change over time to remain interesting. If the gameplay was exactly the same in each game, people would have gotten tired of it by now.

The way people are reacting to the unpolished sample of an unfinished product leads me to conclude that some fans of this series really need to seek therapy. Like yesterday.

Also, there's so much bitching about everything having to do with Silent Hill that happened after 2003. Do we really need yet another thread for that purpose?

Or, can we dedicate this thread to be a catch-all for Silent Hill-related faneurysms and direct people to it when their maxipads get too soggy?

Ehh, yeah, I guess.

It doesn't look good, though. I mean, even trailers for the mediocre games looked nice. The first 4 games' trailers looked great. This one has a stupid premise and it doesn't really have anything to DO with Silent Hill. :/

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^ That. I hate those close minded people who worship team silent like gods, yet have NOTHING but negative things to say about every game after 4. The thought that only the Japanese can make a good horror game is completely absurd. It makes me think some of them never gave those games a chance. I mean, I had rather mixed feelings about Origins during my first playthrough, but instead of giving up on it after only half an hour, I finished it and ended up liking it.

I also don't like the people who bitch about how the combat in homecoming/mirror mechanic in origins/no combat in shattered memories, etc "Ruined Silent Hill forever." What these narrow minded individuals don't seem to understand is that the series needs to change over time to remain interesting. If the gameplay was exactly the same in each game, people would have gotten tired of it by now.

Okay, I understand, but I NEVER SAID that non-Japanese developers can't make horror games! All I'm saying is that the games that the American-based Climax and Double Helix studios make are of a radically different flavor of horror than I like in a Silent Hill game.

Origins was decent, but it took the storyline nowhere it hadn't already been, and you already KNEW how it would end: the good ending, with Cheryl getting adopted by Harry. Shattered Memories brought in that "helpless" feeling to SH, but the chase scenes gave you no time for exploration or subtle horror. And Homecoming... it looked nice, I guess, but it was rather formulaic (oh shit it's lost family member wandering thru fog, suddenly there are monsters, good guys are really bad guys, "x" was dead all along, you're really crazy, etc.) and it was all about "Boo Imma eat chu" jump-out hollywood scares.

And yes, I'm sorry, I said "ashamed" when I meant more like "disappointed." I'm only ashamed of Konami whoring out SH2 and SH3 for a quick buck. :/

Whos this twin perfect i keep hearing about ? I'm more or less weary than ashamed of the fans.They spend so much time nitpicking on what they don't like and they don't even try to find somthing positive. Take the hd collection for example. They made me more apreciative of my ps2 copies. see ? that was just off the top of my head. Fans just wanna bitch, bitch, bitch. Do i agree with how konami's handled things lately ? Of course not but i'm not going to let it sour how i view the whole series.

Edit: And By the way, Has team silent always consisted of the same people ?

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I really like both of Climax's offerings, more than I like SH3, which to me is just as formulaic and action oriented as Homecoming is. I think Downpour looks pretty damn good, I like the new voices for the HD collection (except Eddie's, obviously) and I'll probably even play Book of Memories because, if nothing else, it looks pretty fun.

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I wouldn't go so far as to say "ashamed". If anything, I'm more unexcited. So far, I haven't read anything about either the collection or Book of Memories to get me excited about them. I'll check them out eventually, but unlike the other SH games (1 through to 0rigins, Homecoming, and Shattered Memories) I won't be getting them so soon after release. I'm happy to wait, and maybe hire them or something. Having said all that though, I'm looking forward to playing Downpour. Sure, there are things I'm not excited about with Downpour (breakable weapons, for example), but from what I've read, the story has some promise. I won't be waiting to buy Downpour. So, yeah, not ashamed, but not excited.

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meh. l love the games either way. true l'm not too happy with the the impending changes, but, uhh, hmmm..forgot where l was going with that. l can't wait for downpour. been doing an off and on silent hill marathon for the past month in anticipation. as much as l wish they'd keep 2 and 3 intact, l'm too big a trophy whore to stay away. l'll play the audio of my ps2 with the visuals of my ps3 simultaneously so l can't tell the difference. just have to switch audio when the trophy pings are about to happen.

Whos this twin perfect i keep hearing about ? I'm more or less weary than ashamed of the fans.They spend so much time nitpicking on what they don't like and they don't even try to find somthing positive. Take the hd collection for example. They made me more apreciative of my ps2 copies. see ? that was just off the top of my head. Fans just wanna bitch, bitch, bitch. Do i agree with how konami's handled things lately ? Of course not but i'm not going to let it sour how i view the whole series.

Edit: And By the way, Has team silent always consisted of the same people ?

http://youtu.be/YMHMiyl4zLQ -The Real Silent Hill ExperienceThese guys, they've basically trivialized the entire series, and created a new generation of whiny fancunts...Watch the videos, just don't buy into their ridiculous arguments... They're pretty much as you described, too much time nitpicking over some of the most ridiculous shit...

Hello overly dramatic fan complaining, haven't heard from you in about .05 seconds around here. How are you?

Ashamed is such a ridiculous word to use in this situation. This kind of thing isn't just around here though, it's getting kind of ridiculous to me how much I see fans of various games act like the companies are causing them DIRE PHYSICAL HARM because something isn't how they like it. Are the new voices a little off currently? Sure, but it's very obvious that they are very rough drafts. Do I worry about some of the characters? Well since we've only heard stuff from 2 there's only one character I'm actually anxious to hear the new voice for, and they haven't even been shown yet.

Chill out. Your old copies aren't going anywhere. If you aren't happy with the remasters, pretend they don't exist and just go about your merry way. Same with the new games. They don't interest you? Don't play them instead of going on a five hour tangent about how everything is wrong with the world and the sky is falling all because the new games don't suit your fancy. It's fine to not enjoy them but the ridiculous hyperbole I see whenever looking at the topics for anything past 4 is the thing that would make me more "ashamed" than the titles themselves.

Like AuraTwilight, I'd say more disappointed than ashamed. The only thing I'm a little ashamed of is the movie, which I'd say overall was bad. At least 4 was really weird and Homecoming interesting at first and being kinda fun. Sometimes I wish the series had ended after the first three games, although I do really enjoy Origins, it almost felt like a gameplay add-on pack for the series (by gameplay I mean level exploration and good puzzles because that's what SH gameplay is to me).